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geography of Mongolia

...an elevation of 14,350 feet (4,374 metres) at Khüiten Peak (Nayramadlyn Orgil) at the western tip of the country, Mongolia’s highest point. Extending eastward from the Mongolian Altai are the
Gobi Altai Mountains (Govi Altain Nuruu), a lesser range of denuded hills that lose themselves in the expanses of the Gobi.

physiography of Altai Mountains

The system has three main subdivisions: the Altai proper (formerly called the Soviet Altai) and the Mongolian and Gobi Altai. A peak in the Altai proper, Belukha—at an elevation of 14,783 feet (4,506 metres)—is the range’s highest point. In the past these mountains were remote and sparsely populated; but in the 20th century they were opened to extensive resource exploitation, and...